No. 24-6987

Cornelius Mayberry v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-04-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: arrest-procedure fourth-amendment informant-testimony probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2025-05-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a warrantless search and seizure of a closed container violate the Fourth Amendment absent clear evidence of intent to abandon, and does a warrantless arrest based on an informant's identification of a different individual violate the Fourth Amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Does a warrantless search and seizure of a closed container belonging to Petitioner violate the Fourth Amendment where there is not clear and unequivocal evidence of an intent to abandon the container ? 2. Does a warrantless arrest predicated on information from an informant who identified —by name and photograph —a completely different individual violate the Fourth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2025-05-19
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
2025-04-17
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-04-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-04-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 14, 2025)

Attorneys

Cornelius Mayberry
John LaFitte Warren IIILaw Office of Bill Nettles, Petitioner
John LaFitte Warren IIILaw Office of Bill Nettles, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent